Portrait of Eliana – 11 x 14 inch mixed media portrait I am having such a great time with starting these monochromatic portraits…and then adding some color to them. In this one, there is a lot going on in that graffiti-type background, and that’s where the fun comes in while I work on these paintings.…
Portrait of Amelia – 11 x 14 inch mixed media on stretched canvas I am still loving the allure of black and white…loving that dramatic feeling it brings to these portraits. In this one, I added collage first after I painted the portrait, in the form of those smaller flowers. Those are napkins I found…
Portrait of Charlotte – 11 x 14 inch acrylic on stretched canvas I am really enjoying working with a very simple palette lately, of black and white. I am exploring shapes of the face, shadows and highlighting…all with just two colors. I love vintage photographs, and have quite a collection, and that’s what inspired this…
Lady of Spain – 11 x 14 inch mixed media painting on stretched canvas There are some paintings that I work on, that seem to just flow onto the canvas easily. THIS was not one of them. I had quite a work out with this portrait, she started off as quite a different idea, and then…
Lotus Flowers – 8 x 10 inch acrylic painting on cradled art panel In our portraits class, we are learning how to add hands to our portraits. I’ve painted hands before, but they are always a challenge. So I was interested in seeing how this one would go. I really loved everything about painting this portrait.…
Portrait of Oksana – 11 x 14 inch mixed media portrait on Ampersand Gessobord I am at it again, happy to be throwing paint and paper around …with lots of color, script, stenciling…you name it, it’s here. And all that color! But still with all that going on around her, I feel that she holds…
La Plume Blanche – 8 x 10 inch acrylic on Raymar professional art panel Loving the chance to play around with Rococo hair again! There are so many variations of pink in this portrait…she’s super feminine and ultra demure. Just look at her “la plume blanche”…now that was fun to paint! This portrait is now available…
Millicente In The Garden – 8 x 10 inch acrylic on Raymar Feather Lite art panel July has been a HUGE month of portrait painting. And I am loving the variety of faces that I am seeing. This painting was inspired by Alphonse Mucha and his beautifully decorative portraits. Millicente has a story to tell,…
Dreaming of Autumn – 8 x 10 inch acrylic painting on Raymar Feather Lite Panel Sometimes, I don’t plan out the colors I will use ahead of time. This particular painting session, I was using some new paints that I purchased, Maimeri Acrilico. The colors I had chosen, were a red oxide and olive…
She Loves Pink Daisies – 6 x 6 inch mixed media portrait on Ampersand gessobord I am back at it, making fun little portraits with a graffiti inspired background. This one gave me quite a time of it, and she evolved quite a bit from the first day I started working on her. Some…
Waiting For Your Return – 11 x 14 inch acrylic on stretched canvas This is the second painting I started at the portrait workshop I attended earlier this month with Jeanne-Marie Webb, at Kara Bullock’s studio. I completely fell in love with this painting. She is inspired by the Renaissance portraits of the past, and…
Portrait of Lucia – 8 x 10 inch acrylic on Raymar Feather Lite panel I started this painting earlier this month, when I was at a fantastic class in Southern California, at Kara Bullock’s studio. It was being taught by an artist I knew only online. To be able to meet her in person, and…
